SANT PAU MODERNIST COMPLEX, Architecture And Urban Planning - Ai Voice

The Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site was designed as a small city made of pavilions, tree-lined avenues, gardens, and colorful mosaics.
Lluís Domènech i Montaner’s innovative idea was to transform a place of healing into a harmonious urban microcosm.

When the architect designed the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau at the beginning of the 20th century, medicine was rapidly evolving.
People were beginning to understand the importance of hygiene, fresh air, and natural light in the healing process. Hospitals were no longer meant to be dark, enclosed spaces, but rather open, bright, and healthy environments.
This is how the concept of a “garden city of health” was born — an urban model that brought together science and art, architecture and well-being.

The Sant Pau complex was laid out according to a symmetrical plan centered on two main axes:
– a vertical axis linking the monumental entrance to the Administration Pavilion, and
– a horizontal axis where the patient pavilions were distributed.

Each building was independent but connected to the others through an underground gallery system: wide, ventilated corridors that allowed patients, staff, and materials to move around without having to go outside.

Domènech designed twelve main pavilions surrounded by gardens, each one dedicated to a different medical specialty.
Every pavilion featured large windows, light-colored interiors, and green spaces where patients could rest and breathe fresh air....